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Strengthening Local Government Actions For Dengue Prevention and Control

African Swine Fever (ASF) cases in the Philippines, which affect pigs and wild boars, are rapidly spreading. As a response, all DILG Field Offices are mandated to encourage all local governing authorities in their jurisdictions to take steps to prevent the spread of ASF.

The implementation of ASF outbreak containment measures is mandated by the DILG Advisory on Measures to Control the Spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), dated September 25, 2019, for all local governmental bodies within their jurisdiction.

The department encourages all local chief executives to immediately mobilize local health units and volunteers on the following activities:

• conduct of clean-up drives;

• search and destroy operations in high-risk areas to identify and eliminate mosquito breeding sites; and

• declogging and proper drainage operations.

Moreover, lgus are reminded to adhere to the following DILG - issued memorandum circulars, to wit:

• MC 2019 - 176 Re: “Conduct Of Sabayang 4-O’clock Habit Para Deng-Get Out: A Daily Clean-Up Drive For The Prevention And Eradication Of Dengue And Other Epidemic”;

• MC 2019 - 130 Re: Advocacy On The Prevention Of Dengue And Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases;

• MC 2016 - 31 Re: Advocacy On The Prevention Against Zika Virus And Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases; And

• MC 2012 - 016 Re: Askyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (Abkd).

Legal Bases / References

• MC 2025 - 011 Strengthening Local Government Actions For Dengue Prevention And Control 

• MC 2019 - 176 Conduct of Sabayang 4-O'Clock Habit para Deng-Get Out : A Daily Clean-Up Drive for the Prevention and Eradication of Dengue and other Epidemic

• MC 2016 - 041 Implementation of 2016 School-Based Immunization of Tetravalent Dengue Vaccines

• MC 2013 - 052 Operations Research on Dengue Control Interventions in Selected Communities in the Philippines for 2013 – 2014

• MC 2012 - 016 Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD)

• MC 2011 - 116 Dengue Clean-up

• MC 2011 - 087 Observance of Dengue Awareness Month every June and ASEAN Dengue Day every 15th of June of the year nationwide

• MC 2010 - 111 Presidential Directive to Mobilize the Barangay Tanods in the Intensified Information Dissemination and Education Campaign on Dengue

• MC 2010-092 DILG Cleanup Day vs Dengue Fever

• MC 2010-078 Prevention and Containment of the Spread of Dengue

• MC 2008 - 022 REITERATION OF DILG MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2005-74, DATED 02 AUGUST 2005, SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) ON THE ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

• MC 2005 - 086 DENGUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES

• MC 2005 - 074 ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

• MC 1998 - 114 NATIONAL DENGUE AWARENESS MONTH

• MC 1994 - 146 ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

LGMED References

• R10-LGMED-2025-02-24-011 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2025-011 RE: STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS FOR DENGUE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• R10-LGMED-2025-02-28-001 REGION 10 COMPLIANCE ON THE STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS FOR DENGUE PREVENTION AND CONTROL